Future Generation is the first studio album from the Dutch project Laserdance , released in 1987 .
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| Studio album Laserdance | |||||||
| Date of issue | 1987 year | ||||||
| Genres | Spacesynth , Italo Disco | ||||||
| Duration | 39:29 (Original) 46:09 (1987 Galaxis edition) | ||||||
| Producers | Erik van vliet Michiel van der kuy | ||||||
| Language of songs | English | ||||||
| Label | Hotsound Records (LP 1987, 1991) ZYX Music (CD 2001, 2011) | ||||||
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The album was originally released in LP format by Hotsound Records in 1987 . This spacesynth album was written by Michiel van der Kuy and produced by Erik van Vliet. As a CD album, under the Galaxies label, it was released in 1987 , and later, in 2001 , already under the ZYX Music label .
Future Generation contains rearranges of previously released Laserdance singles: “Power Run”, “Humanoid Invasion” and “Goody's Return”, while the album also contains new tracks. As the first studio album, Future Generation was considered a great success for Spacesynth, selling about 150,000 copies. [1] Michil Van der Koy stated that Future Generation is his favorite Laserdance album [2] .
There are some releases of Future Generation that contain additional material. So the 1987 Galaxies CD edition contains a modified version of the song released the same year, [3] at the same time in the Polish CD release of 1991, under the Snake's Music label, they added separate compositions Laserdance Megamix and “You And Me (Space Mix)” [4] .
List of Songs
Lyrics and music of all Michiel Van Der Kuy songs.
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| one. | "Power Run" | 4:37 | |||||||
| 2. | "Humanoid Invasion" | 5:01 | |||||||
| 3. | "Space Dance" | 4:50 | |||||||
| four. | "Goody's Return" | 5:13 | |||||||
| 5. | "Future Generation" | 4:29 | |||||||
| 6. | "Digital Dream" | 4:50 | |||||||
| 7. | "Fear" | 5:30 a.m. | |||||||
| 8. | Laser Fear | 4:59 | |||||||
| 9. | “Fear (Remix)” (1987 bonus track from the Galaxis edition) | 6:40 | |||||||
| 46:09 | |||||||||
Tools
In an interview, Mihil van der Köy stated that the material for the Future Generation album was created entirely in his composer’s private recording studio [2] , and that the studio depicted in the photograph inside the album was not a real recording location.
- Roland JX-10 - Synthesizer
- Roland Juno-60 - Synthesizer
- Roland MSQ-100 - Sequencer
- LinnDrum - Drums
- Korg DVP-1 Digital Voice Processor - Vocoder
- Mixing console (D&R 4000) - Mixing console
Singles
In 1988, the maxi- single Megamix vol. 1 containing several tracks from Future Generation and the song “You and me” from the second Laserdance album [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Laserdance - Spacesynth.net . ( archive.org ). Date of treatment March 7, 2019.
- ↑ 1 2 Laserdance - Interview with Michiel Van Der Kuy . (archive.org). Date of treatment March 7, 2019.
- ↑ Laserdance - Future Generation . Discogs Date of treatment August 20, 2014.
- ↑ Laserdance - Future Generation . Discogs Date of treatment August 20, 2014.
- ↑ Laserdance - Megamix Vol. 1 . Discogs Date of treatment February 7, 2019.